Is there a way to create an all-electric car you don have to plug in?
When gas-electric hybrid cars were introduced in North America in the late 1990s, they were hailed as an answer to growing concerns about climate change and oil prices. Since these cars run on both conventional gas engines and electric motors, they represent a decrease in fossil fuel consumption. The 2008 Toyota Prius gets 44 miles per gallon (mpg) overall [source: Consumer Reports]. This is a significant improvement over the fuel consumption of most conventional cars — the 2009 Toyota Corolla XRS, for example, gets 22 mpg in the ci
